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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. WOODRUFF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADJUSTABLE METALLIC AWNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,221, dated June 22,1880. Application filed March 25, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM P. WUOD- RUFF, of the city, county, andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inAdjustable Metallic Awnings, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a side elevation of the improve- Fig. 2 is a sectional sideelevation of the same extended. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the samefolded. Fig. ais an elevation of a part of one end.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish metallic awnings soconstructed that they may be folded compactly against the front ofbuildings and readily extended again.

The invention consists in constructing a metallic awning of a set ofoverlapped top strips, sets of overlapped cud strips, the connecting andsuspending cllains, the rod, the hinged supporting-bars, and the ropesand pulleys, whereby the awning will be supported, and can be extendedand contracted, as will be hereinafter fully described. Arepresentsthefroutof abuilding to which the awning is secured. The top of theawning is formed of strips, B, of sheet metal, of a len gth and breadthregulated by the size of the space to be covered by the awning.

Any desired number of strips B may be used, and the said strips are soarranged that the lower edge of each upper strip will overlap the upperedge of the next lower strip. The;

upper edge of the upper strip, B, is hinged to the wall of the buildingby staples, eyebolts, or other suitable means.

The strips B, near their ends, are connected and held from separating,so that their adjacent edges will not overlap, by chains 0, the upperends of which are connected to the front of the building by staples,eyebolts, or other suitable means. The chains 0 are connected with eachplate or strip B, except the upper strip near its upper edge, by staplesriveted to the said strips B, or by other suitable means.

The chains 0 are formed of flat or plate links connected by rings, whichflat links are made of such a length that there will be two links toeach strip B, and every other ring will be connected with the upper edgeof a strip, B. The lower ends of the chains 0 are connected with thelower edge of the lowest strip, B, or with a rod, D, extending along andsecured to the lower edge of the said lowest strip, B.

The ends of the awning are formed of sheetmetal plates or strips E, thelower ends of which are pivoted, by a bolt, F, to brackets, eyebolts, orother supports, G, attached to the wall of the building. The outer endsof the strips E are made the wider, and are beveled to correspond withthe inclination of the top of the awning when extended. The end strips Eare so arranged that the lower edge of each upper strip, E, may overlapthe upper edge of the next lower strip in the same manner as the topstrips, B, overlap each other.

H are chains, which are made and attached to the end strips, E, and tothe building in-the same manner as hereinbefore described with referenceto the chains 0 and the top strips, B.

The lower part of the awning is held out from the building by the barsI, the outer ends of which are pivoted to the rod D, and their innerends are hinged to the eyebolts or bracket G by the bolts F. The middlepart of the top of the awning is supported by one or more bars, J whichare made in two parts, the lower part being made hollow to receive theupper part, as shown in Fig. 2.

The lower end of the lower part of the bar J is hinged to the eyebolt orbracket G by the bolt F. The upper end of the upper part of the bar Jis' hinged to a middle strip, B, near its upper edge, so .that it willnot interfere with the folding of the strips B. This construction allowsthe" bar J to be extended as the awning is folded.

A set of bars, I J, is placed at, each end of 90 lower the awningsquarely. Four (more or less) ropes, K, may be used, as the length ofthe awning may require.

The upper edge of the upper top strip, B, is covered with a cap, M,attached to the wall of the building;

The lower edge of the lowest end strip, E, may be notched or otherwiseornamented, and a strip, N, with a notched or otherwise ornamented loweredge, may be suspended from the rod D.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. An adjustable metallic awning constructed,-substantially as herein shown and described, with overlapped top strips,B, the overlapped e'nd strips, E, the chains G H, the

rod D, and the bars I J, whereby the awning is supportchfolded, andextended, as set forth. 2o

2. In an adjustable metallic awning, the combination, with theoverlapped stripsB, of the rod D, the hinged bars I, and the hingedextension-bars J, substantially as herein shown and described, wherebythe awning is supported against sagging, as set forth.

3. In an adjustable metallic awning, the combination, with theoverlapped strips B E, the rod D, and the hinged bars I J, of the ropesK and the pulleys L, substantially as herein shown and described,whereby the awning is folded and extended, as set forth.

WILLIAM P. WOODRUFF.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, O. SEDGWIOK.

